16:00 - 18:00
Lecture Theatre Building 5
Professor Sanja Bahun, Professor Jonathan Lichtenstein, Professor Lucy Noakes, Dr Michael Tymkiw
Lectures, talks and seminars
Centre for Public History
Lorena Saiano
events@essex.ac.uk
01206 872692
This event is a Centre for Public History event and also part of the University of Essex's Holocaust Memorial Week event programme. Find out about other events taking place during Holocaust Memorial Week 2025. For more information on the Centre for Public History, visit their website.
This workshop-panel explores what existing modes of Holocaust commemoration reveal about the nature of public memory and commemorative practices, what questions they pose for those that produce them and those that receive them, and their relevance for commemorating present-day human rights issues such as refugee and migrant deaths.
Some key issues we will reflect on include:
The session’s goal is to foster a dialogical, interdisciplinary space that reconsiders the wider stakes of commemoration in the face of gross human-rights violations today.
Meet the Panel:
The event is free to attend but booking is required. Book to attend.
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